IL-10 and ARG-1 Concentrations in Bone Marrow and Peripheral Blood of Metastatic Neuroblastoma Patients Do Not Associate with Clinical Outcome

Figure 4

ARG-1 plasma concentration in 57 NB patients and 30 healthy children (a, b), and association between ARG-1 plasma levels of stage 4 patients with EFS and OS (c, d). In (a), all NB patients and controls are shown. In (b), NB patients are stratified in stage 4 () and non-stage 4 (). Results are expressed as pg/mL. Horizontal bars indicated means. values are indicated where differences are significant. Kaplan-Meyer plot of EFS (c) and OS (d) obtained by stratifying the 49 stage 4 NB patients according to ARG-1 plasma levels above (dotted line) or below (continuous line) median value. -axes represent % of event-free or alive patients, respectively. -axes represent time of survival (months).

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